This month, we challenged you to save money on your cell phone bill by switching to a cheaper plan. This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to switch carriers, though. You might be able to negotiate a better price with your current one.

We’ve thrown all kinds money challenges at you this year, from haggling to saving for retirement, and all year long, you’ve been acing them. This month, we want to help you save on a specific expense: your cellphone bill.

Maybe you started your cell phone life with a fully capable smartphone or maybe it was something just a touch older. No matter what you think of cell phones past now, at one point they were the shiniest new toys on the block. What was your first?

When we asked you about your biggest cellphone annoyances a while back, one of your biggest complaints was overhearing people's phone conversations. The New York Times takes a look at why we find that so annoying.

Even if you've signed up for the National Do No Call Registry, a few spam text messages or phone calls might slip through the cracks. Reddit user jaxxon recommends creating a contact for each one so you can easily ignore them.

Sending a text message from your cell phone is one of the quickest and less intrusive ways of getting in touch with someone, but it's not a skill that everyone is born with. Here are steps for helping those new to text messaging.

We've mentioned how useful a bowl of rice can be to save a waterlogged gadget, but if you're camping or planning a trip, the Bheestie Bag is a tiny, plastic pouch filled with desiccant pellets that can be stashed in a suitcase.

Previously mentioned Mac utility Proximity is really handy for performing actions when a Bluetooth connection is made with your Mac and a compatible device. AppleScripter mech14 put together two scripts to use Proximity to lock and unlock your Mac when you're near by, giving you an awesome Ubuntu-like security system.

Android: Maintaining a solid data connection eats up a lot of battery power, and turning it off to save juice usually means remembering to toggle it back on again. InterNETmittence is a free app that toggles Android's data connection for you, but also remembers to turn it back on later.

Android: There are plenty of random password generators on the Android Market, but PicshaPass takes a different approach. It uses photos, either taken in the app itself or from the gallery, and hashes the image data using SHA-256 encryption to come up with a truly random password. The password length, along with…

Previously mentionedSwiftKey got a big update today, in the form of a completely new app named SwiftKey X. The app's goal of faster, more accurate typing through AI-driven autocorrect and text-prediction hasn't changed, but its methods, interface, installation, and speed definitely have. Primarily, SwiftKey X users…

Dear Lifehacker,
After finding someone else's cellphone outside last night in a thunderstorm, I was able to identify the owner by taking out the micro SD card and going through the pictures on my computer. After returning the phone, it occurred to me: On my smartphone, is my memory card protected by the device…